Physician Preference Study of ShuntCheck - Madsen

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: CSF Flow Through the Shunt of a Hydrocephalus Patient

In brief

ShuntCheck can be used to detect CSF flow in asymptomatic hydrocephalus patients and can be used to detect no-flow in symptomatic patients with shunt obstruction. Secondarily, the ShuntCheck test will yield the clearest results when patients are tested sitting up (or alternatively while supine)

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00583336

Run by

NeuroDx Development

People needed

200

Starts

2007-09-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-23

Who can join

Age: any, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects must be 0 - 85 years of age, of any race or sex with parent consent for minors
• Subjects must have a chronically indwelling ventriculo-peritoneal shunt that is palpable along the clavicle.
• Subjects must be physically stable as determined by the physician.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects with the presence of an open wound at the shunt site that could interfere with the collection of ShuntCheck data.
• Subjects unable to lie supine with head elevated 30 degrees or less
• Subjects who have had shunt surgery within two weeks.
• Inability or unwillingness of subject to endure the test.
• Other judgments of the investigator.

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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